Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-07

member of this Convention, ! say that we
should insist upon an adjournment until we
shall have obtained from the proper sources
return upon which TO declare the votes of the
electors and as precedent hope this Conyen-
ton will adjourn from day to day until the re-
suit be obtained.
Senator Clunie-It seems to me, Mr.. Speaker
! and members OF this Convention, that there is
nothing in this attempt to delay the installment
OF the officers elected by the people, which is
/ well known to all of us here, and that every
schoolboy in the State knews, has been elected
Cow rnor and Lieutenant-Governor And as
this occurs to me it is only an effort TO delay
legislation from day TO day. as it is well known
that we have but short session TO do our busi-
ness in. 1t is plain constitutional provision in
this matter, how these things shall be done, and
IL seems there can be no doubt as 10 that.
The Speaker-To what provision do you refer,
Senator Clunie?
Mr. Clunie-I refer to Section of Article v of
the Constitution. Reads it. Now, we have all
these returns before us but they say because
the returns of two of those counties happen to
have been sent TO the Secretary of State and in
turn transmitted TO the Speaker, that it is not in
harmony with the rule. There is nothing in
the point, gentlemen; and you would be max
ing yourselves the laughing stock of the State if
you should adjourn from time to time to give
some County Clerk away down i'll the southern
portion of the State chance to send up these
returns when they are already here. Will the
Convention receive any more information by
present time? As a matter of course you and
each and all of you know you Will not. and
there could be no better information then than
now The manner suggested by my brother, Mr..
Vrooman in my judgment, is for the purpose of
creating trouble in the future. in order to give
County Clerk from one part Of this State, when
he fails to send in his return. here, an oppOr-
tunity SO to do and delay the Inauguration
upon which the people have spoken in no I'M
certain terms. The argument of my friend the
distinguished Senator from Los Angeles, seems
to me is sensible and proper argument to guide
this Convention. Let us go on with the returns
we have already, from A to u. Two of those re-
turns reach us through the SecItary of State,
but they all come from the fountain
head-from the different counties of the State.
am in favor of going on with this count and de
clare the result, and go to the business that the
public intrusted us to attend to; and l ask the
gentlemen of this Convention, in the name of
Justice to the people of this State to go on and
declare your result, and you will find that you
have taken step in the right direction, and no
harm can come from this procedure; but If you
delay it YOU will open the door, and thereby in
the future permit County Clerk to withhold
the returns. and in that way delay the inaugu-
ration of the officers whom the people have
elected to serve them in the incoming admins
tration. Now, | do hope we will go to the bust
ness we were sent here for. Let us instruct the
Speaker to count the returns as they are before
him, and declare the result. am opposed to
postponement. You will make a mistake if
you do 1.-THE people have spoken. l do hope
both sides will concur in this proposition, and
that Governor Bartlett and Lieutenant-G Governor
Waterman will be declared elected, and that we
Senator Nrooman arose to question of priyi-
lege, and there being no objection he said: l
have been member of the Legislature of this
State for four years. Unfortunately for me,
sessions of the Legislature, and this session. in
its first three days, has evidenced to me that
there is in the highest branch of this body
members who have not been educated to Il COM
mon decency between members of common
body l. sir, in the four sessions that |
have been member of the Senate
of the State of California, have never
yet until this session ascertained that it was
any argument to impugn the motives of any
Senator for their action upon questions of this
kind and if this was not the second time that
these statements have been made by the same
gentleman, l would not be inclined to answer
it, but by the pages of my record that have been
made in the past. But coming the second time,
take them as being deliberately made, and l
take this occasion to say that any member of
this Convention who says that l have raised
this point for the purpose of delay-fOr the pur-
pose of confusion, or Tor any other purpose than
that of the highest and most honorable mo-
tives controlling member of this Convention
who impugns my motive in this matter, states
that which he deliberately and willtully knows
to be q falsehood.
Senator Clunie arose to question of priv
ilege and said suppose that the member al
ludes 10 me in his remarks. Now if the cap fits
him am perfectly willing that he should wear
it. Ny remarks were that the effect of the po-
sition taken by the Senator from Alameda
would be to delay legislation and To delay pub
lie business. Whether l made mistake in that
matter l leave it for you to judge. l never
have, on the floor of the Senate nor on the floor
of the House. made statement that l knew in
my heart was false. may have made state
ments in regard to the conduct of Senators that
was mistaken in, and in these matters have
stated that the position occupied would have
certain effect, and that is just what the position
of Senator vrooman in this matter will have to-
day
He continued by saying that as true as Gov
ernor Washington Bartlett lives and Lieuten-
ant-Governor Waterman lives, they will take
their office. He concluded with an appeal to
the Convention, in the name of God, common
sense and justice, to go on.
Mr. Heath spoke against the point of order
and Senator Dray and Assemblyman Coombs in
its favor